The Nature of Creativity

Frank Daly

In today’s podcast, Nuno Neves and I have a discussion on the nature of creativity. We discuss what it is, what makes us creative, constraints on being creative, good and bad creativity and how imagination and learning from other’s creativity in music, art and writing can help us to create.

Phil Town Interview

Frank Daly

Today’s guest is Phil Town, a teacher and a writer who’s been living in Lisbon for 30 years.

Phil writes short stories (flash fiction) and screenplays and has written more than 300 stories and four full length screenplays.

Phil’s work can be viewed using the following links:

The fortnightly contest ('Fiction Writers Group')

https://fictionwritersgroup.com/

An on-line literary magazine ('Short Fiction Break’)

https://shortfictionbreak.com/author/philtown/

Marina Pacheco podcast

Frank Daly

My guest today is Marina Pacheco, a prolific writer who has written more than thirty books in various genres including historical fiction, romance, science fiction and short stories. She has lived in a number of cities including London, Johannesburg, and Bangkok before settling in Lisbon.

As this interview was recorded over the phone it has slightly lower audio quality.

Caroline Brogden podcast

Frank Daly

My guest today is Caroline Brogden, a  university student from North Carolina who is on a 2-month work trip to Lisbon. Caroline is interested in creative writing and has joined the Lisbon Writers group .

Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, Writer

Frank Daly

My guest on today’s podcast is Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Peru and moved to Mexico for a year, then UAE for twenty years and most recently to Lisbon. She is researching and writing a novel set during the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula from 900 to 1400.

Diana Lima podcast interview

Frank Daly

My guest on today’s podcast is Diana Lima. She is a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Lisbon and went to Milan at aged 18 to live and go to university and work and returned ten years later. She has written one novel and is half way through writing the second one.

This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts and many other podcast hosts.

Diego Aguilar Podcast

Frank Daly

Today’s podcast is an interview with Diego Aguilar, a young filmmaker from Mexico City, now living here in Lisbon. Diego has made a number of short films, and has written lots of short stories, some of which he has shared at the Lisbon Writers Group. Since arriving here in Lisbon three months ago he has completed his courses on learning Portuguese and in now ready to further his studies in Filmmaking.

The Romans and Now

Frank Daly

In today’s podcast I welcomed back my brother Peter Daly, for another discussion. Last year I did a podcast with him about Stoicism which included a discussion about Marcus Aurelius emperor and stoic philosopher.

Today Peter is here to talk about Roman history and civilisation from the start of the reign of Augustus to the end of the empire in 476 AD. At the end the discussion moves on to how the Roman Empire influenced todays society.

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Today’s podcast is the first in a new season of podcasts and was recorded in Lisbon. It features an interview with writer and artist Nuno Neves who is a very creative guy and a member of the Lisbon Writers Meetup group. He’s has written a number of books, recorded music which is on Spotify and Apple Music, and is currently working on a graphic novel.

Due to nearby construction noise at my apartment, we decided to record the interview in a local park so there are city noises in the background and the audio quality is a little lower than usual.

Nuno Neves, writer and artist

Panels from Nuno’s graphic novel

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Posted  30 Nov 2021

My guest today is Laura Lukitsch a filmmaker, podcaster and writer who has made a number of documentaries, has a long running podcast and has created art installations and other creative projects. She is also writing a number of  books. She lived in San Francisco before moving to Berlin several years ago.